Journal
Sam’s journal
Titrating at half the usual pace and finally not miserable.
Two years, no news
week 100content energy 34 replies
Reduced to a maintenance dose. Same day, same fridge, less of it. Eighteen months steady. Writes once a fortnight, mostly lists. Wednesdays are just Wednesdays now. The…
She stopped the room
week 78warm energy 34 replies
Went for the practical answers and stayed for the company, which I gather is what everybody does. Started turning up to slow-titrators every fortnight to be useful. The…
Come back in a year
week 62pleased energy 13 replies
Notes for the week. Three years of results side by side. A trend rather than a moment, which is apparently the only thing worth looking at. A1c out of the prediabetes range.…
No news
week 59fine energy 13 replies
Notes for the week. Quiet. Injection Tuesday, mild Wednesday, fine by Thursday, and then a normal weekend. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it.…
Eight minutes and a chair
week 58tired but good energy 42 replies
Notes for the week. Grip strength has gone off and I noticed it opening a jar before I noticed it anywhere else. Back to loading properly. Kept the two sessions that matter…
Stayed for the company
week 56warm energy 14 replies
The facilitator stopped the room when four of us were talking at once and asked one person how she was actually doing. It changed the whole hour. Went for the practical…
I nearly did not write
week 54fine energy 31 reply
Recording this for the record. I nearly did not write this week because there was nothing in it. Then I thought about how much I have got out of other people's boring weeks.…
Two flights of stairs
week 52grateful energy 21 reply
Recording this for the record. Full shift on my feet and my knees did not stop me. That has not happened in about four years. Carried both bags up in one go. Small thing.…
Fewer, heavier
week 51tired but good energy 52 replies
Recording this for the record. Kept the two sessions that matter and dropped the two that were vanity. Fewer, heavier, done. Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to…
A plain question
week 49practical energy 34 replies
Notes for the week. I have found five things I can get down when nothing appeals and I have written them on the fridge. That list is the most useful thing I own. Greek…
Protein first
week 49steady energy 51 reply
Recording this for the record. Greek yoghurt, eggs, and the limits of both. I have reached the limits of both. Rebuilt his week around getting protein in before nine in the…
Steady
week 48fine energy 51 reply
Notes for the week. Nothing to report. Writing it down anyway, on the theory that a journal made only of eventful weeks would give a false impression of the whole thing.…
Into town and back
week 46quietly delighted energy 31 reply
Notes for the week. Got down on the floor and back up again unaided. I have not been able to do that since 2021 and I did it twice more just to check. Sat on the floor and…
Awake at four
week 45rested energy 54 replies
Recording this for the record. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not…
A different shape
week 43tired energy 14 replies
The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just awake, lying there…
Nothing
week 41frayed energy 22 replies
Notes for the week. Three months of no change and my blood pressure has come down anyway. Two things can be true at once and I keep having to relearn that. Ada said something…
Flat, again
week 40frayed energy 51 reply
Notes for the week. The plateau has been going on longer than the part before the plateau. That is an odd thing to sit with. Four flat months. Did not mind as much as he…
Walking
week 40tired but good energy 22 replies
Came back after a bad fortnight without trying to make up the lost ground, which is the thing that used to end it for me every time. Walked instead of the bus all week. Not a…
Where the pen lives
week 39organised energy 42 replies
Recording this for the record. New sharps bin, and a plan for what happens to it when I move in September. Two lines a day in a paper diary. Date, and one thing. That is the…
Dreams
week 37rested energy 34 replies
Notes for the week. The sleep has changed shape rather than improved. Different, not better, and I cannot yet tell whether I mind. Waking at four again. Not anxious, just…